I received this Mother's Day card from the offspring today and the message really upset me. Oh schure THEY think it's a joke, but I was in tears.

It made me question my mothering skilz.

Do these kids not realize I gave them the best years of my crappy life by refusing to marry any of their low achieving fathers and live in a trailer court?! Do they not realize how much I struggled to to support them and listen to all their (usually criminally related) problems? Do they not realize I would never buy expensive drain cleaner like Drano because that would give me less money for my cigarettes and booze?! HAVE I TAUGHT THEM NOTHING?! D*mn stupid kids...mutter, mutter.

Ok, it's almost 11 am. Time to spend some quality time with my new bf Mr. Beam...